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Subject: Re: [OM] photography schools
From: Gregg Iverson <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 21:18:57 -0500
Here you go Eric,

TOPE= Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition http://www.millennics.com/olympus/tope/

ADITL= A Day In The Life 1) http://www.whitneygallery.com/olympus/ 2) http://www.whitneygallery.com/Olympus2/ and
3) http://www.millennics.com/olympus/aditl3/

also look at the The Unofficial Olympus Web Photo Gallery at http://www.taiga.ca/~gallery/gallery.html

There are enough great photos included at the above addresses to keep you busy looking for hours! A special thanks to each of you who maintains each site.

Gregg


Just wondering what exactly are T.O.P.E. events and ADITL events and where can i get info on schedules and the such? thanks
Eric

On Wed, 07 March 2001, Gregg Iverson wrote:

>
> <html>
> Eric,<br>
> <br>
> I certainly agree with George.&nbsp; If you want to take a photo course,
> go to a community college for some hands on work with a darkroom or
> digital editing.&nbsp; The best learning experiences will come if you go
> out and take pictures and keep all the information about aperture and
> shutter speed, time of day, lens used, and what you were trying to make
> from the image.<br>
> <br>
> Look at lots of photos and figure out what was happening with the
> camera.&nbsp; Read the information given with the photos, especially if
> it is something that you would like to learn to do, or if you really
> don't like the results (so you won't make the same mistake).&nbsp; Check
> the T.O.P.E events and the ADITL events for lots of online help.<br>
> <br>
> Gregg<br>
> <br>
> George wrote:<br>
> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial">In general, I'm
> very skeptical of these schools. I'm sure there are fine <br>
> ones, but you could teach yourself with the right choice of books from a
> <br>
> larger library. Any of the ones that were recently recommended here would
> be <br>
> a good start. Anything by Ansel Adams is considered 'religion' and a good
> <br>
> start for you. Once you get into photography further, you may find a
> camera <br>
> club can give you much (free) information. <br>
> OTOH, I have taken a Nikon sponsored weekend course or two and been very
> very <br>
> pleased with the experience. One of my best experiences was the one with
> Art <br>
> Wolfe as one of the advisors for the weekend. And he was totally availabe
> and <br>
> approachable the entire time, certainly not a 'guest appearance' as I was
> <br>
> expecting. <br>
> (I TOLD you I was the skeptical sort). <br>
> (In general my advice is to keep your money for the future purchases that
> we <br>
> ALL know will come soon..... [sinister laugh....] ) <br>
> <br>
> George S. <br>
> <br>
> ejackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: <br>
> <br>
> </font><font size=2><br>
> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>hey guys, <br>
> i recieved a catalog i requested from the Rocky Mountain School of <br>
> Photography. Have any of you guys heard of this insititute and what are
> <br>
> your opinions on it?&nbsp; Also, are schools or programs like this worth
> the <br>
> money they charge? just wondering <br>
> EJ <br>
> <br>
> </blockquote><br>
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